Officer Joshua Coleman, of the Mobile Police Department's Second Precinct, was honored as the department's August Officer of the Month on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (Courtesy of the Mobile Police Department)

MOBILE, Alabama -- The Mobile Police Department honored a
two-year veteran of the department Tuesday after his attention to detail closed more than 15 vehicle burglary cases and helped nab three armed robbery
suspects.

On Tuesday, officers gathered at Via on Dauphin Street to
celebrate Officer Joshua Coleman, of the Second Precinct, as the August Officer
of the Month.

Ashley Rains, public information officer for MPD, shared two
examples of his "initiative and enthusiasm."

In August, Coleman was responding to a wreck with injuries
when he noticed the ignition of the vehicle involved appeared to have been
tampered with. The detail suggested it may have been stolen, Rains said.

Coleman went to the hospital where the passengers were
transported. There, he "secured the juveniles who had been in the car at
the time of the wreck," Rains said.

Further investigation revealed the three juveniles had, in
fact, stolen the car. They had also committed between 15 and 20 vehicle burglaries earlier that day, Rains said.

In another instance, Coleman's strategic thinking led to the arrest of three armed robbery suspects and turned up the weapon
used in the attack and stolen money, Rains said.

Coleman was alerted to a reported armed robbery at a
business after three suspects left the scene in a dark-colored vehicle.

"Officer Coleman strategically placed himself where he
could observe vehicles in the area," Rains said. "Due to his
attention to detail he was able to locate the vehicle, initiate a traffic stop
and secure three subjects."

Inside the car police found the gun used in the robbery and
money stolen from the business, which Rains did not identify.